Container Shipments

India will be in global maritime's "premier league" after Vadhavan Port, says SVP Ludovic Renou

Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) on Tuesday said it has bagged a mega order from a prominent European client for the design and construction of six feeder container vessels. These vessels will have a capacity of about 1,700 twenty-foot equivalent units and be powered by liquefied natural gas, according to a regulatory filing. CSL said that a letter of intent (LOI) in this regard was signed on October 14, 2025. A formal shipbuilding contract detailing the techno-commercial terms will be signed in due course, it added. According to the company's project classification, the value of the order is above Rs 2,000 crore.

Despite overall decline in merchandise exports, shipments to US grew by 17%

Private ports handled 739 million metric tonnes (mmt) of cargo in the previous financial year, according to data released by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

Many logistics firms are storing goods in warehousing or rerouting through Canada to wait out the tariff war

That would be the third drop in global container shipping demand since London-based Drewry began collecting that data in 1979

MSC Turkiye is run by the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and is considered a modern engineering wonder

For context, global sea freight rates had been going down over the past few months due to a previous build up which had caused rates to spike abnormally in 2024

JNPA is expected to maintain steady growth, focusing partly on the under-construction Vadhvan Port

If union members walk off the job at ports stretching from Maine to Texas, it would be the first coast-wide ILA strike since 1977, affecting ports that handle about half the nation's ocean shipping

Container traffic at DP World-operated International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) at Cochin fell 7 per cent to 73,376 TEUs in July as compared to the previous month, the company said. The ICTT handled 79,044 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in June, the company said in a statement. This was, however, for the third consecutive month that the container handling at the facility stood at more than 72,000 TEUs, it said. DP World's ICTT provides mother vessel (mainline) connectivity to the Far East, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Europe/Mediterranean, and Singapore.

The company's fleet, which includes a significant number of chartered vessels, consists of more than 700 container ships, Maersk has said

Shipment of potatoes to other states will be considered after retail prices in West Bengal stabilise at Rs 30 per kg, an official in Kolkata said on Monday. West Bengal, one of the largest producers of potatoes in the country, has restricted shipment of the commodity to other states because of a steep rise in prices in the local market. Neighbouring states such as Assam, Jharkhand, Odisha and Bihar depend on West Bengal for potatoes. "We have been able to control prices, but our aim is to achieve Rs 30 per kg at the retail level before allowing shipment to neighbouring states," an official of West Bengal's Agriculture Marketing Department said. The situation is being closely monitored, and the next steps would be decided after a thorough review, he said. At present, the Jyoti variety of potatoes is retailing at Rs 36 per kg in Kolkata, while the cold storage price stands at Rs 26 per kg. The state-run Sufal Bangla outlets are selling potatoes at Rs 29 per kg. The Progressive Pota

The 'San Fernando' container ship, which is 300 metres long and 48 metres wide, will offload about 1,900 containers at the port on Friday

National transporter is facing shipment delays of forged wheel imports

Looks to monetise assets worth Rs 10,000 crore in FY25

At 02:30 PM; the stock of Concor was trading 6.29 per cent lower at Rs 1,103.25. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was up by 0.39 per cent

The global shipping industry that is responsible for about 3 per cent of the global GHG emissions and carries nearly 90 per cent of international cargo is one such

Outbound shipments fall 2.6%; imports decline 15%

Global turmoil weighs on demand